Free Culture–Pages 15-30

        In pages 15-30 of Free Culture Lawrence Lessing continues the introduction by talking about piracy and the war that it has unleashed. He says that because the Internet has provoked this war, piracy has become a problem for copyrighted and uncopyrighted content. The fear that Lessing emphasizes is that the author of this content will be robber of his profits when his content is being shared via the Internet. From reading this last section of the Introduction, I feel like Lessing is not completely sure where he stands on the issue of piracy. He clearly states that it is wrong, but he then goes on to also state that there are these laws that make it hard for people to not commit piracy because these laws are so strict and complicated that it is hard to keep track of right and wrong. 
        Chapter One, titled Creators, begins with the background of Walt Disney and how his ideas were not completely original ideas. The ideas were born out of the idea of free culture and public domain resulting in what was later called Walt Disney Creativity. Whether borrowing was slight or significant it was allowed, legal and approved. No permission was needed from anyone. The phenomenon in Japan called Doujinshi was something I had never heard about before, but I thought that the rules and regulations surrounding was interesting because it was essentially an illegal act. I thought it was intriguing because it kind of seemed like a way to get more people more involved with the sharing of this comic. I think that it is allowed to be a copycat comic so that people will have the opportunity to share it with others easily. Even though it is illegal I am surprised that it is still allowed to happen. I wonder if there is anything like this in America and if not I wonder if anything like this has least tried to exist. If it did I don't think that the United States government would allow it to go on for very long. Maybe one  of the reasons Japan lets it go on is only because it profits the legal comic manga. I don't feel like this is a good enough reason to let it keep happening even though I agree that it is an unique and interesting way to keep that comic Doujinshi alive. The last part of this chapter talks about how some things in our society today "remain free for the taking within a free culture" (pg 29). But what I wondered about was who gets to decide what remains free and what needs permission to be used. Lessing ends with saying that he thinks out culture is becoming less free. But he never really states his opinion on this, but I think that permission is an important thing to have for somethings, but not all things. So I guess the ultimate question is where is the fine line between the two?